Shopping filling a lack of standards
SOME fear that fraud on the Internet, as Kudzu, stifles the growth of e-commerce. Others fear that the Internet is the spectacular growth of its biggest obstacle to infrastructure as tribes and incompatible systems proliferate in the world.Consider as it falls under the category decidedly unsexy technical standards. They reached a level sufficient to conduct international organizations and consumers, the development of global standards to require rules for e-commerce. The European Commission, for example, recently announced the creation of e-Confidence-forum to address these problems. And the online volunteers codes Research Forum, sponsored by Canada’s Office of Consumer Affairs, is also inviting volunteers work in e-commerce standardization.
After a spring meeting in Kyoto, Japan, 25 International Consumer groups and standards organizations, such as the American National Standards Institute and the Committee for Consumer Policy of the International Organization for Standardization, have agreed to the creation of a global forum. Called the E-Commerce Solutions standards forum, the group was to standardize the definition, electronic commerce and procedures of consumer protection.
The Committee issued a statement after the meeting zitiert”Anzeichen that many consumers are reluctant to speak in electronic commerce by a lack of confidence in the reliability of e-commerce merchants, concerns regarding data protection and security, and confusion about the reliability of the line codes and labels, programs, the right to the protection and promotion of consumer interests.”
Linda Golodner, president of the National Consumer League, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, the Kyoto meeting and participates in efforts to make a purchase order cyberspace. It develops here on issues and offered their views on new global e-commerce forum.
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